marco85

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Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

13 may 06

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shark, I can't exactly respond to all the comments... I believe jet meant that the guitar on that album doesn't have a metal or hard rock sound, but a much cleaner sound (like a clean distortion... put it that way). At least that's what comes to my mind...

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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"Vai is always larger than life, dressed in Armani, with a three-neck guitar, striking guitar club poses on the covers; maybe he has his own home filled with rococo furniture and a poodle." Indeed, he is a nice (curious) character... but I don’t find him "always larger than life" (maybe in person he is...)... he has done some great things...

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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that Steve Vai also makes crap, I certainly won’t deny it (after all, I’m not at all indulgent with musicians of this kind... in fact, I listen to a completely different genre...

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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I consider technique as an "ability to measure" on the part of the artist: the ability to create "materially" (formally, and I know these are not synonyms) what is dictated to them by their personal taste, by their heart.

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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I honestly don’t agree with the image of a guitarist who "has to prove" something. As if he were just pumping up the biceps of his technical skills... I would say that a guitarist like him plays in a very technical way because he enjoys it, because it’s his style, because he has taste in playing that way.

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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by different I mean different "fields."

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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If I talk about art in general (and the issue is about technique), I can cite different artists as EXAMPLES. I know very well that I certainly can't make comparisons.

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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Evidently, Italian is an opinion... "When you cite directors or painters, you contextualize their art with that of Vai, whether you want to or not. If I had cited another electric guitarist, it would have been acceptable, but it’s logical that if you quote Leonardo, he isn't criticized for his use of virtuosity."... but who was talking about Steve Vai or guitar? Maybe you. Not me. I changed the subject with Bowie. Those artists were taken as EXAMPLES for a completely different issue. So reread my discussion with Bowie and then we can talk about it again. They were EXAMPLES, not comparisons (and I’ve already said this), and the discussion was about art IN GENERAL (and I’ve said this already too). Did we finally understand each other?

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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"Shall I cite my avant-garde? Well... Germany in the seventies... Faust... Can... Neu!... Kraftwerk... Ammon Dull... Bowie (even though he's English, he made the Berlin Trilogy)... then John Cage... La Monte Young... Morton Feldman... So what do you want, applause?"

Steve Vai Passion And Warfare

12 may 06

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It's not that I understand everything... but it might seem that way to someone who understands nothing... Shark, why don't you read the discussion before jumping in randomly? So: we were talking about art IN GENERAL; dear Bowie said that a technical artist is driven to create only by the desire to overdo it. So I mentioned Barry Lyndon, The Infinite, The Last Supper, etc., to say: these are works of art with great technical depth; nonetheless, one cannot say that the artist's intent was to overdo it because they possess great depth, etc. Shark, do you understand or should I draw you some pictures? No one made comparisons; those you invented yourself by misinterpreting.